Power Firm Pays Record Ouachita Parish Tax
Ouachita parish collected 228436.83 dollars in real estate and personal property taxes from Louisiana Power and Light, the parish’s largest taxpayer. A. O. Evans presented the check to Sheriff Bailey Grant, noting the 1954 company tax total of 6.848 million and an 88 percent increase since 1945, while defender of low rates and improved service.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Power and Light Company
A. O. Evans
Bailey Grant
Evans
Company’s 28 year record of no rate increases
The firm has maintained customer faith over 28 years by never requesting a rate increase and indeed implementing several rate reductions during its history of operations.
Services Set For Crossett Man
Robert Allen Ready 77 of Route 1 Hamburg died in a Crossett hospital. Funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at Egypt Church with Rev. S E Powell and Rev. Joe Franklin. interment Egypt cemetery. Survived by wife four sons four daughters a brother and a sister.
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Crossett
Ark
Robert Allen Ready
Route 1
Hamburg
Crossett Hospital
Egypt Church
S. E. Powell
Joe Franklin
Egypt Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Ready
Ashley County
L. J. Ready
Eudora
Edgar Ready
Pensacola
Fla
Clifton Ready
Greenville
Miss
Floyd Ready
Detroit
Fred Burth
William Lochala
Garland Ludlam
John Wooten
H. J. Ready
Clabourne Pogue
Tragic Farmhouse Slayings and Aftermath Near Pittsburgh
A 15 year old girl survived injuries after a mass shooting at a farm home 30 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Authorities say Fallone killed H Warren Smail 44 and Irene Smail 36 and wounded Gladys Smail 15 before being cornered near his home. Police believe Fallone then killed William Smail 49 as he sought help from a neighbor.
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Gladys Smail
H. Warren Smail
Irene Smail
Pittsburgh
William A. Smail
Warren
Fallone
Gladys
Justice of the Peace
Homer King
Smails
King
Smail
J. Warren Smail
William Smail
Justice of Peace
Ernest
Judge's Tenure Dismisses Parking Prosecutions
A motorist pleads innocent to overtime parking as Judge Solomon dismisses cases after noting inability to prove ownership of the cited vehicle. The ruling prompts other defendants to be dismissed and sparks city concerns over parking fine revenue. Sgt Lucey later advises adjournments to subpoena state motor vehicle records to identify car owners.
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Solomon
Lawrence Lucey
Police Legal Bureau
Solomon's Court
State
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Lucey
Dulles Sees Soviet Zig Zag Amid Cold War Shifts
Secretary of State Dulles outlines three causes for Soviet volatility. He cites growing Moscow confidence, fear of reform weakening the system, and a revival of Stalinist tendencies. He notes Soviet threats in the Middle East and South Asia, plus use of old arms to press political aims.
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Geneva
Dulles
Russia
Soviet Union
Middle East
South Asia
Poll shows Long leading in statewide runoff predictions
The survey reports Long as the frontrunner to win the first primary with Morrison a distant second, while in the runoff Long is favored overall. Regional results vary with Morrison and Grevemberg also shown strong in certain locales and several undecided voters noted.
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Lake Charles
Long
Morrison
Grevemberg
Preaus
McLemore
Shreveport
Fred Preaus
James McLemore
Monroe
Alexandria
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Ex Bookie King Faces Long Sentence in Bookmaking Case
Ex bookie king Harry Gross has a 12 year term on bookmaking charges. Mrs Cooperman testified that Gross promised marriage and a home in Atlantic Beach New York once the mortgage was paid. She gave $13 850 to Gross who vanished with the cash and his brother. Gross also faces 7 328 700 in federal tax liens and a contempt record in Kings County court. Judge Samuel S Leibowitz had suspended 11 contempt counts for interfering with a graft trial of police. He warned Gross he would be jailed if he violated the law.
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Cooperman
Gross
Atlantic Beach
N. Y
Kings County
N.Y
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Harry Gross
Eleven Rescued From Stricken Tanker Monster
The tanker Monster en route to the Bahamas to build mooring dolphins for the U S guided missile program faced disaster after flooding in the engine room and main cargo hatch. Coast Guard planes located the wreckage at 8 23 p m and the Robert C Tuttle arrived to rescue all 11 men by 9 35 p m five miles off Miami Beach.
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Coast Guard
Miami
Robert C. Tuttle
Philadelphia
Port Arthur
Tex
Miami Beach
Bahamas
U. S
Pennington Elected Worshipful Master In West Monroe Lodge
W. A. Pennington was elected worshipful master of West Monroe Lodge No. 419. Installation ceremonies will be held Tuesday night in the lodge hall with D. M. Frantom as installing officer and E. N. Camp as installing marshal. Other new officers include J. F. Smith senior warden Newt E. Wilson junior warden K. D. Lee treasurer F. A. Brown Sr. secretary M. B. McDonald chaplain F. L. Allen Senior Deacon W. H. Springfield junior deacon W. L. Pylant master of ceremonies W. W. McDonell senior steward J. O. Scott junior steward B. F. E. Gates Tyler.
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W. A. Pennington
West Monroe
A.M
D. M. Frantom
E. N. Camp
J. F. Smith
Newt E. Wilson
K. D. Lee
F. A. Brown
M. B. McDonald
F. L. Allen
W. H. Springfield
W. L. Pylant
W. W. McDonell
J. O. Scott
B. F. E. Gates
Tyler
Partly Crippled Heads Toward Tupelo
Mrs Figures says her husband, crippled and funds dwindled after an Arizona accident last week. They spent Wednesday night in a car in a roadside park near G town, Mississippi, as they travel toward Tupelo.
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Tupelo
G Town
Miss
Figures
Arizona
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